The wild ass's skin (La peau de chagrin)

Author(s)

• Balzac, Honoré de
• Hunt, Herbert James

Bibliographic Information

The wild ass's skin = (La peau de chagrin)

Honoré de Balzac ; translated and with an introduction by Herbert J. Hunt

（Penguin classics）

Penguin, 1977

Other Title

La peau de chagrin

Note

Bibliography: p. 17

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Balzac is concerned with the choice between ruthless self-gratification and asceticism, dissipation and restraint, in a novel that is powerful in its symbolism and realistic depiction of decadence.

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Details

• NCID: BA11166541
• ISBN:
  • 0140443304
• LCCN: 78302574
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: Harmondsworth ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: 285 p.
• Size: 19 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PZ3.B22
  • LCC : PQ2167.P5
  • DC : 843/.7
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00305646